Things I have learned during this class

This class is like other classes that teach me a lot of new things that are very useful and interesting. I have learned about how to write a report writing and charts and graphs writing, which are very useful for my studies and my future career. I have also learned about a creative writing such as a back story of ad or photo, which is not easy but challenging to do. I learned a lot of new things from reading and writing class every day from tiny to the big things that help fill my gap of English. Reading and Writing class give me a chance to practice my writing, which is very important for my graduate studies and I feel that I need to master it in order to succeed in a graduate school. All of these works are very challenging and keep me busy throughout this session. At the same time I benefit a lot from them and I am very proud of myself once that I have gone through these challenging works.

Bios of famous Texans

Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater is a filmmaker, whose movies include Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, Slacker, and Bad News Bears. Growing up in both small and big city like Huntsville and Houston has provided him a variety of unique experiences and memories that have become an inspiration of his films. He is advantaged and gets the best of both places to experience a different life, which has contributed him a perspective in seeing things.

Lupe Valdez
Growing up in a migrant worker family did not deprive Valdez of being educated. Her mother wanted the best for her children and tried to send her last two children to go to school. Her mother was quite picky about who her children socialized with, which had a great influence on her attitude and made her succeed in her life and career. She has proved that she stays on a right side of the law and doesn’t turn her back to her people as her father used to think.

My early life

My childhood was the happiest moment in my life. I grew up in a big family with three children around my age: my two cousins and my younger sister. We always did a lot of fun activities. One of them was a story-telling from my grandmother. She told us stories about her life and other interesting events and things in the past; but our most favorite story was a series of ghost stories. We asked her to tell us stories again and again, we had never been bored to listen. Every time she told a story we were scared to death, but we enjoyed it so much.

Tata Young's Biography

Tata Young has been Thailand's youngest pop sensation and now she is ready for an international challenge with her debut English album "I Believe", which was released by Columbia Records in 2004. Although she is only 25, an eleven-year singer has already released six albums and established herself as a Thailand's idol. With a high success in Thailand, she is an Asian new wave that is making her move to an international market.

Tata Amita Marie Young is the only child of an American father and a Thai mother. During her childhood, Tata had shown the signs of her singing talent that would take her from a Thailand's pop icon to an international artist. At at 11, she beat thousands of children at her age to be the winner of Thailand Junior Singing Contest. Three years later, she was discovered by Grammy Entertainment, Thailand's leading entertainment company, which signed her a contract.

Within a short period of time, Tata had recorded and released several albums which always become a big hit. At only 15, Tata has become the biggest pop sensation in Thailand. Despite the acceptance in her home country, Tata's popularity brought her name abroad. She was chosen to represent Thailand on an Australian television program, which was aired in Australia and throughout Southeast Asian countries. In 1998, Tata was chosen to sing the theme song at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok.

Tata's talents have not been limited to just a singing career. Trendy, vivacious and beautiful, she has also developed a highly successful modeling and acting career. She made her film debut "The Red Bike Story", which was very well accepted and make her get the Best Actress Award. She also has been featured on the covers of many magazines around the region. Elle Magazine named her one of Thailand's 10 most influential people and Asia week selected her as one of 25 most influential trend-makers in Asia. Two years later , she was on the cover of Time magazine in their study of successful Eurasians in Asia.

Back story

There is a group of eager and enthusiastic paparazzi some in black suits and the others in black formal cloths. They are all ready with a professional camera in their hands trying to capture an invaluable picture of a celebrity couple. The twinkling and sparkling flash from the cameras is bright enough to illuminate a dark starless night. Among aggressive paparazzi, there is a couple fleeing from picture hunting. They are running down a staircase trying to escape. So hurried is he almost fall down. They are annoyed, frustrated and upset; their faces are distorted with anger. A gentleman has a shiny curly brunette hair. He dresses in a black tie suit. Beside him, stood a lady with medium length golden blond hair. She wears a sleeveless white dress with a fluffy fur around a v-shaped neck. Her dress matches perfectly with a white strape high-heel shoes. Her nails are polished in a dark black color. In her right arm, she has an elegant yellow mustard leather tote.

Graph description

The graph in the article "Broadband's Utility Player" shows the monthly internet price between the leading internet providers among the big cities around the world. There are five providers, which charge a monthly fee from less than $ 1 to a little over $ 5. The graph shows that City Telecom, a Hong Kong company, provides the fastest and least expensive broadband service in the world. However, a San Francisco company, Comcast High-Speed Internet offers the most expensive internet service, which charges slightly more than $ 5 per month.

Report writing

The most effective way to communicate an idea or value to large groups of people

Introduction
The most efficient way to communicate an idea or value to a large group of people can be done through the use of images and language. The use of language is equally important to the use of images in conveying an idea or value in order to make the most effective communication. This is because the use of image is the best at rousing emotion whereas the use of language is the best at giving succinct information.

The power of the combining usage of language and images
The use of images and language plays an important role in communication process. Both images and language have different benefits on communication, the use of both will enhance each other. Lacking one can result in the unsuccessful and ineffective communication. Common forms of communication include language, speaking, writing, gesture and broadcast. Communication is considered to be successful when its objective is obtained. Communications has purposes whether to inform, to persuade or to serve other purposes. In order to accomplish these objectives, the information should be easily understood and be persuasive. Obviously, images and language help achieve these purposes.

The advantage of the use of language in communication
Language is a primary symbol that is used for communicating an idea, opinion, knowledge, experience and value to other people. Verbal communication is the best tool for communicating linguistic and contextual meanings. Especially when we convey an idea or value to people, we need to give them clear and concise information, which language is used as a means. Although, we can communicate with each other by using images, there are some limits that the use of images can not make an efficient communication. For example, language can be used to describe things more clear than images. Imagine that you are reading an economic graph without number and description of a graph you can not understand or partly understand the meaning of it.

The advantage of the use of images in communication
Unlike words, images are capable of passing on emotional and unspoken meanings. The power of images is their abilities to avoid the restriction of language. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. For instance, the picture of the debris of houses after the Tsunami expresses more feeling than words. Images are always used in a persuasive communication especially on an advertisement. Thus, the use of images is the most effective way to communicate feeling, hidden meanings and descriptive information.

Conclusion
The most efficient means to convey an idea and value to large groups of people is through the use of both words and images. This is because each one has a different attribute and restriction, which can be operated for a distinctive purpose. The use of images has an influential effect on arousing emotion while the use of words is powerful in giving a concise information and meaning. Therefore, the combination of these two means will bring about the most successful communication in idea and value to the mass.

My Super duper tiring weekend

My tiring weekend had started from Friday's afternoon to Sunday's evening.

Friday afternoon
Apple, Tais, Sofia and I had Japanese lunch together at Miyako resturant. After that we had a grocery shopping at Hong Kong Market and HEB. Then we went to the Galleria and spent almost 6 hours shopping there. I bought tons of cloths and accessories; 1 sweter from Zara, 4 T-shirts from Urban Outfiter and 4 necklaces. I was very happy. We came back at Sofia's apartment at 8.30 pm. and went out again to a party at Edgar's house. We wanted to leave the party at 3 am. but everybody drunk so we had to wait until 7 am.

Saturday morning
Sofia and I left Edgar's house at 8 am. After we arrived at Sofia's apartment, we took a shower and went to the Galleria again because there were something that we wanted to buy. After we came back, we had studied until midnight. What a great student we are!!!

Sunday morning
I went to a church with Apple and to my uncle's house afterward to pack my stuff because I will live with Sofia for 1 more week. After that we went to Viet Hua Market to buy some Thai ingredients. I arrived at Sofia's apartment at almost 6 pm., then we had dinner and studied for the test. We went to bed at midnight again!!!

A joyous time at Sofia's apartment !!!

I've stayed at Sofia's apartment since Wednesday night. This is because my uncle went out of town on Thursday ,so no one can give me a ride to school. It was sad, wasn't it? My uncle's house is in Sugarland , which is a way too far from here. There's no bus I can catch to school. That's why I spent a night at Sofia' apartment. I've had a good time there, she takes care of me everything.

Gracias, Sofia. Estoy muy feliz (I am very very happy).